MURRIETA (CNS) - A convicted sex offender who killed a previously
convicted murderer in a downtown Riverside jail cell pleaded guilty today to
first-degree murder and was immediately sentenced to 75 years to life in state
prison.Rodney Ronald Sanchez, 61, admitted the murder count, as well as four
prior strikes during his arraignment at the Southwest Justice Center in
Murrieta.Sanchez dismissed his public defender and entered the guilty plea
while appearing before Superior Court Judge Elaine Kiefer. The plea was made
directly to the judge, without input or objection from the District Attorney's
Office.Kiefer imposed the sentence required by law.Sanchez was arrested inside the Robert Presley Detention Center on
Sept. 6 following a sheriff's investigation into the de
